Journey to a homestead
A family pauses on their journey to a homestead to pose for a picture in Loup Valley, Nebraska, in 1866. The Homestead Act of 1862 allowed a citizen to claim up to...
Juvenile crime investigated
As juvenile crime escalated and became a national concern, the Senate undertook an investigation to determine the cause of this disturbing trend and to identify steps...
“Keystone Kop”
Future president John F. Kennedy appears in this photograph dressed as a “Keystone Kop,” as his younger sister Eunice looks on. The picture was taken in...
Kid’s day
In this letter to President Gerald Ford, a third-grade class from Deal, New Jersey, had a special request—they asked the President to create a Kid’s Day.
“King of Chrysanthemums”
Dorothea Lange photographed successful chrysanthemum grower Ryohitsu Shibuya and his family at their home in Mountain View, California, on April 18, 1942. Days later,...
Lee Wai She and her children
Lee Wai She and her five children were photographed in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, in 1913.
Letter from Kelli Middlestead
Kelli Middlestead, a second grader at Franklin School in Burlingame, California, asked the Alaskan Regional Director of Fish and Wildlife Service to clean up the...